There is no question that Orthodox conversion standards in the US, adopted by the RCA and validated by the Chief Rabbinate of Israel in a magnificent agreement this past summer, have brought sanity and order out of chaos. Rabbi Prof. Dov Fischer, 11/11/2014, 6:33 AM

For how long could Israel credibly claim to be a “Jewish State” (and it says it right in Israel’s Declaration of Independence, “Medina Yehudit” – a “Jewish State") if Israel abolishes religious control over matters of personal status?Rabbi Steven Pruzansky, 2/24/2014, 12:26 PM

The list of those that the Rabbanut will not rely upon is extensive. This list is blind to affiliation. It has lots of members with long beards and frocks. It is certainly not a list of “modern” rabbis.Rabbi Yitzchak Adlerstein, 1/8/2014, 1:49 PM

Rabbi Weiss may be qualified to attest to Jewish status, but one must also appreciate the justified apprehension of the Rabbinate regarding Open Orthodoxy’s fidelity to Orthodox norms and positions relating to more complex issues of halakhic lineage.Rabbi Avraham Gordimer, 1/7/2014, 10:00 PM